Almost two weeks after the Taliban took over Afghanistan, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) dropped the reference to the militant group in a recurring paragraph in its statements calling on Afghan groups not to support terrorists operating on their territory calmly.
The latest statement by the UN Security Council, chaired by India in August, condemns the “unfortunate attacks” near the Hamid Karzai international airport in Kabul on August 26th Attacks alleged by the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP), a unit affiliated with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL / Da’esh), claimed the deaths of over 170 people, including 13 US soldiers.
the Declaration by the Permanent Representative of India to the UN TS Tirumurti On August 27, on behalf of the United Nations Security Council, adopted a paragraph from his previous statements on Afghanistan. “The members of the Security Council reaffirmed the importance of combating terrorism in Afghanistan, to ensure that the territory of Afghanistan should not be used to threaten or attack any country and that no Afghan group or individual should support terrorists, operating on the territory of a country, ”read the paragraph.
However, the paragraph dropped the reference to the Taliban, which was included in the first statement by the UN Security Council on August 16 after the fall of Kabul to the militant group.
“The members of the Security Council reaffirmed the importance of fighting terrorism in Afghanistan, to ensure that Afghanistan’s territory should not be used to threaten or attack any country and that neither the Taliban nor any other Afghan groups or individuals Terrorists should support those on the territory of another country “, it said in the statement of the UN Security Council on August 16.
India’s former permanent representative to the United Nations, Syed Akbaruddin, pointed this out on Twitter. “In diplomacy a fortnight is a long time. The ‘T’ word is gone. Compare the highlighted parts of the UN Security Council’s statements of August 16-27,” he tweeted.
In diplomacy
A fortnight is a long time
The ‘T’ word is gone ??Compare the marked parts of @A Security Council statements of August 16 and August 27 pic.twitter.com/BPZTk23oqX
– Syed Akbaruddin (@AkbaruddinIndia) August 28, 2021
The significant change in the statements of the UN Security Council is due to the fact that the Taliban reportedly the ongoing evacuation process in Afghanistanthat enables people from other countries and Afghans to leave the country.
In the last week before the August 31 deadline, the US relied on the Taliban to maintain security controls around Kabul airport. Following Thursday’s suicide bombing at Kabul airport, reports suggested that the US was sharing intelligence with the Taliban in order to do so thwart their common enemy – the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP)who is responsible for the bombings.
On Thursday, US Central Command Chief General Frank McKenzie said the US would continue to ask the Taliban to help with security and said he had not seen any evidence that the Taliban allowed the attack.
The Taliban have deployed additional forces around Kabul airport to prevent large crowds from gathering after Thursday’s suicide bombing. New layers of checkpoints were emerging on the roads leading to the airport, some of which were manned by uniformed Taliban fighters with humvees and night vision goggles captured by Afghan security forces.
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